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Curtis Jobling (born 14 February 1972) is a British illustrator, animator and author, born in
Blackpool, England but lives in
Warrington
Warrington () is a town and unparished area in the borough of the same name in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England, on the banks of the River Mersey. It is east of Liverpool, and west of Manchester. The population in 2019 was estimat ...
.
He was the original production designer of the stop-motion puppet version of children's TV hit ''
Bob the Builder
''Bob the Builder'' is a British animated children's television series created by Keith Chapman for HIT Entertainment and Hot Animation. The series follows the adventures of Bob, a building contractor, specialising in masonry, along with ...
'', where he visualised all of that programme's characters, props and sets. Jobling is also an author and illustrator of children's books, including ''
Frankenstein's Cat'', a tale about a muddled-up feline. The book was adapted into an animated series, the first of which was aired on CBBC and BBC1 in the UK. Frankenstein's Cat, voiced by British comedian Joe Pasquale, has also aired in France, Australia and South America.
Curtis's pre-school show, ''Raa Raa the Noisy Lion'', about a noisy lion cub and his Jingly Jangly Jungle friends was produced by Chapman Entertainment and McKinnon and Saunders, and first aired on the
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's
CBeebies
CBeebies is a British free-to-air public broadcast children's television channel owned and operated by the BBC. It is also the brand used for all BBC content for children aged 6 years and under. Its sister channel CBBC is aimed at older childr ...
channel in Spring 2011. Narrated by Lorraine Kelly, the show aimed to support pre-school language development through "reading rhyming and repetition".
In 2010, Curtis signed a two-book deal with Puffin for his young adult series of fantasy horror entitled ''Wereworld''. The first novel, ''Rise of The Wolf'', was released in January 2011 in the UK, and short-listed for the Waterstone's Children's Book Prize 2011. The US edition was released in Fall 2011. The second book, ''Rage of Lions'' was released Summer 2011, with books 3 & 4 released in 2012, and books 5 & 6 released in the summer and fall of 2013 respectively.
In 2022,
Netflix
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announced that an animated adaption of the Wereworld books was in development with
Lime Pictures
Lime Pictures, formerly known as Mersey Television, is a British television production company, founded by producer and writer Phil Redmond in the early 1980s. They produce award winning drama, and entertainment shows, for the international ma ...
, with Jobling named as part of the production team.
He is a fan of the rugby team ''
Warrington Wolves
The Warrington Wolves are a professional rugby league club based in Warrington, England, that competes in the Super League. They play rugby at the Halliwell Jones Stadium, having moved there from Wilderspool in 2004.
Founded as Warrington ...
'' (nickname Wire).
[http://www.warringtonwolves.org/its-a-wereworld-for-curtis-3929/]
Bibliography
Picturebooks
*''Frankenstein's Cat''
*''The Skeleton in the Closet'' (with
Alice Schertle) (HarperCollins Children's Books, 2003)
*''My Daddy: My Daddy is the Best in the Universe'' (HarperCollins, 2005)
*''Cheeky Monkey'' (Oxford University Press, 2006)
*''Dinosaurs After Dark'' (with
Jonathan Emmett
Jonathan Emmett (born 10 December 1965) is a British children's author and pop-up book designer. He is best known for his picture books including ''Bringing Down the Moon'', ''Someone Bigger'' and ''The Princess and the Pig''. His books have w ...
) (HarperCollins Children's Books, 2006)
*''Old Macdonald had a Zoo'' (Egmont, 2014)
*''The Sheep Won't Sleep'' (Egmont 2015)
The Wereworld Series
*''Wereworld: Rise of the Wolf'' (Puffin, 2010)
*''Wereworld: Rage Of Lions'' (Puffin, 2011)
*''Wereworld: Shadow of the Hawk'' (Puffin, 2012)
*''Wereworld: Nest of Serpents'' (Puffin, 2012)
*''Wereworld: Storm of Sharks'' (Puffin,2013)
*''Wereworld: War of the Werelords'' (Puffin,2013)
Haunt
*''Haunt'' (Simon and Schuster Children's books, 2014)
*''Haunt 2: Dead Wrong'' (Simon and Schuster UK, 2014)
Max Helsing: Monster Hunter Series
*''Max Helsing and the 13th curse'' (Viking Books, 2015)
*''Max Helsing and the Beast of Bone Creek'' (Viking Books, 2016)
Other works
*''A New Hero (World of Warriors book 1)'' (Puffin, 2015)
References
External links
Curtis Jobling's blog*
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British illustrators
People from Blackpool
1972 births
Living people
English horror writers